Railway-tie fastening.



No. 826,242. PATEETED JULY 1? 1906. W. GREGG. RMLWA Z TIE FASTENING.

APYLIQATIOH FILED NOV. 8, 1905.

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WILLIAM C. GREGG, F NEWBURGH, NEW

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GREGG COMPANY, LTD, A CGRPORATION OF NEW YORQQnauwnv riez sesvenme.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM 0. Games, a citizen of the United States,residin at N W burgh, in the county of Orange and Stateof New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tie Fastengs;and I do declare the followin to be a 1, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification. v

My invention relates to metallic railwayties; and 'it has for its objectto provide means for fastening the rails to the ties which is simple,composed of the minimum number of parts, and strong and capable of quickapplication. I

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear the invention consists in combining with the tie andrail a fastening consisting of a U-shaped bolt having a hook-shaped headadapted to lap over the base of the rail atone side and having the otherend threaded and extended so as to lie opposite to the other side of thebase, so that a nut applied thereto may bear directly upon the topsurface of the base, so that when tightened it will draw the hook-shapedhead against and down upon the base atone side of the rail and at thesame time bear down upon the other side of the base, and thus securelyfasten the rail to the tie.

Figure 1 is a perspective of one form of tie,

, showing a rail clamped thereto by the im- Fig. 4 is a plan of a provedfastenin through the rai bolt in full lines. the preferred form Fig. 2is a vertical section and tie with the fastening- Fig. 3 is aperspective of of bolt and its nut, and

portion of a tie.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates a rail of anapproved type, and 2a tie made of channeled metal of any approved designor shape in cross-section,

or openings 3 and 4, located so that one will be on I Specification ofLetters Patent. Application filed November B, 1906. Serial No. 286,395.

. Zatented J -IY 1906' each side of the base 5 of the rail. Theboltfastening is designated b the numeral 6 and is practicall a U-shapebolt formed with a d head 7, adapted to pass through,

hook-shape say, the hole 3 in the tie and bear against the rail-baseandhaving its opposite end threaded and adapted to pass up through theother hole 4 and to lie alongside the edge of that 8 is applied to thethreaded end and screwed down it will lap over and bear directly uponthe top surface of-thc base of the rail in such manner as to cause thebolt by its book-- shaped head atone end and by its nut at the other tosecurely clamp and fasten the rail to the tie; In the preferred form thethreaded end of the-bolt is deflected or inclined to a perpendicular, sothat when the nut is screwed down it will not onl lap over and side of,the base of the rail, so that when a nut bear down upon the base of t erail, but will have an extended bearing thereon, and ma also bear downupon the top of the tie, thus affording two bearing-points for the nutand avoiding the necessity of employing washers or filling-blocksbetween the nut and top of the tie or top surface of the rails base.This also avoids the necessity of any special construction to the top ofthe tie to receive either the base of the rail or the nut. This fornis asecure and efficient fastening composed of the fewest number of partsand enables the tightening-nut to bear directly upon the rail-base withan extended bearin thereon and conforming to the inclination o the topsurface of the rail-base, so as to afford a broader bearing for the nutagainst the rail-base, and while thus affording a most efficientfastening it materially reduces the cost of railroad construction.deflecting the end ofthe bolt from a per endicular can be employedwhether one or 0th ends of the belt have nuts applied thereto, as

will be apparent, tvithout departing from this feature.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim isThe combination with a rail and rail-tie having holes located atopposite sildeislof the rail-base, of a fastening consisting of a boltThe feature of In testimony whereof 1 ME): my signature in presence oftwo witnesses. 2 WHLIAM {3. GREGG.

Wibnesses:

F. A. HAVEN, KENNETH ASTLEY SMITH.

haqving a hook-shapedf end passing through one 0): the holes in the tieand overlapping the rail-base and provided with a nut at the other endqverlap ing the edge of the railba'se and bearing irectly against thetop of said base to clamp the rzul to the tie, substannliy aus-desmibedn

